国际英语资讯:Spotlight: White House beefs up security ahead of Trumps acceptance speech, protests_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: White House beefs up security ahead of Trumps acceptance speech, protests

The remarks will come as protests and riots raged on in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the wake of the Aug. 23 police shooting of 29-year-old African American Jacob Blake.

Police on Wednesday arrested a teenager who allegedly shot and killed two people late Tuesday during the protests.

On Wednesday night, Vice President Mike Pence in his acceptance speech stressed Trump's "law and order" message and reiterated the administration's support of law enforcement officers but didn't address what activists have called systemic racism in policing and in the United States at large.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Trump said he could increase the presence of National Guard in Kenosha to address the unrest if needed.

"We will put out the fire. We will put out the flame," he said. "We will stop the violence very quickly."

Biden, in an interview with MSNBC on Thursday, accused Trump of "rooting for more violence, not less."

"He views this as a political benefit to him," the former vice president said. "And he's clear about that. And what's he doing, he's pouring more gasoline on the fire."

To appeal to his voters, Trump has made the enforcement of "law and order" a major theme of his reelection campaign, repeatedly lashed out at cities run by Democrats, and sought to paint a doom-and-gloom picture of what the country would look like under the Biden presidency.

Joe Biden, whose campaign has made race relations a key part of his White House bid, has said that he supports police reform but not the movement to "defund the police."